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Chinese foot binding in pictures<\/a>. This practice is so chilling. The fact that it went on for a thousand years is absolutely horrific.<\/p>\n Rare color photographs of circus girls from the 1940\u2019s and 1950\u2019s<\/a>. These are awesome!<\/p>\n Finally, from Danielle Bean, a defense of all the things that go bump on Halloween night. This is my favorite. We love the spooky spookery around here, and I\u2019m totally on board with what she says.<\/p>\n I sometimes struggle against my feminine impulses to \u201cmommify\u201d Halloween. Many of us moms would prefer to remove references to evil, fear, and death from our family\u2019s observances of All Hallow\u2019s Eve, much as we would prefer our sons to skip football and pursue gentler sports instead. Like chess.<\/p>\n In our discomfort, some of us avoid trick-or-treating and scary props and costumes altogether, in favor of All Saints Day celebrations. It\u2019s the very next day, after all, and it\u2019s definitely a Catholic feast. The kids still get to dress up and eat candy, and we all get to focus on the triumph of the saints, rather than all that evil, fear, and death stuff.<\/p>\n But we cheat ourselves when we skip over the scary and run straight to the glory. There\u2019s nothing wrong with celebrating All Saints Day, of course, but evil, fear, and death are real, and Holy Mother Church doesn\u2019t \u201cmommify\u201d any of it.<\/p>\n (Read the rest here<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2018Tis the season, after all, so enjoy Jack!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/225\/2013\/10\/bound-feet.jpg\" "\\"bound")
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